2021/04/26 02:04 FILE - Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence passes against Ohio State during the first half of the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football game in New Orleans. FILE - Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence passes against Ohio State during the first half of the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football game in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. About the only certainty in the confounding 2021 NFL draft is Trevor Lawrence going to the Jaguars with the first overall pick Thursday night in Cleveland. This year s NFL draft is like none other because teams weren t able to meet face-to-face with the pool of prospects outside the lucky few who got to play in the Senior Bowl after a season that was marked by opt outs and cancellations. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Unorthodox offseason means unusual, unpredictable NFL draft
By ARNIE STAPLETONApril 25, 2021 GMT
FILE - Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence passes against Ohio State during the first half of the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football game in New Orleans, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. About the only certainty in the confounding 2021 NFL draft is Trevor Lawrence going to the Jaguars with the first overall pick Thursday night in Cleveland. This year s NFL draft is like none other because teams weren t able to meet face-to-face with the pool of prospects outside the lucky few who got to play in the Senior Bowl after a season that was marked by opt outs and cancellations. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
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The 2021 NFL Draft is fast approaching. And it’s a big one for GM Ryan Pace, who enters the final year of the extension he signed in 2018. The same can be said for Head Coach Matt Nagy, the NFL Coach of the Year for his efforts in 2018, who aims to fix an offense that has been spinning its wheels since the start of 2019. Starting today,
we’re looking at some of the best prospects at various positions leading up to the Draft in search of fits for the Bears’ needs.
Today: Tight ends
Need: Not as high as you’d think, especially when considering one of their top returning options is entering his age 35 season and is largely a one-dimensional player at this stage of his career. But not as low as you’d want it to be on the needs list, especially when considering the team used its first of two second-round draft picks in 2020 on the first tight end off the board.
Pre-Draft Colts Positional Outlook: Tight End
Letting Trey Burton walk in free agency wasn t a drastic loss for the Colts overall, but failing to replace the veteran tight end ahead of the draft has hindered the depth chart at the position quite a bit.
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Apr 22, 2021
Letting Trey Burton walk after one year in an Indianapolis Colts uniform wasn t something that moved the need one way or another for the franchise on paper.
That decision to let the veteran tight end walk was one that probably should have had a follow-up move behind it for Chris Ballard. Instead, it s been all quiet on the tight end front for the franchise, aside from retaining Mo Alie-Cox on a tender in March.